Kevin Feige on Marvel’s Future: ‘Spider-Man 4’ Story Is Locked, President Harrison Ford, ‘Blade’ Films in ‘10 Weeks or So’ and More

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Zack Sharf Fans of Tom Holland’s Peter Parker/Spider-Man are getting good news from Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, who confirmed in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly that Holland’s fourth “Spider-Man” movie is now being written.

Marvel had one of its biggest hits ever with Holland’s third-outing, “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which became the first pandemic release to gross over $1 billion worldwide. “All I will say is that we have the story,” Feige said about Holland’s anticipated “Spider-Man” return. “We have big ideas for that, and our writers are just putting pen to paper now.” Whether Holland will once again team up with “Spider-Man” actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield remains to be seen.

Both actors have expressed interest in returning for a new “Spider-Man” movie. Feige also confirmed to EW that “Deadpool 3” will be the first R-rated movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had previously said that Disney would not make “Deadpool” a family-friendly movie after the studio acquired Fox, which released two R-rated Deadpool movies that each grossed over $780 million worldwide. “Deadpool 3” will team franchise mainstay Ryan Reynolds with Emma Corrin and Hugh Jackman, reprising his “X-Men” role of Wolverine. “That’s our first R-rated film,” Feige said. “To have Hugh come back is incredible.” Feige was an associate producer on Jackman’s original “X-Men” movie in 2000, so having Jackman back as Wolverine and debuting in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a “very full circle” for the Marvel boss. “I remember sitting behind the camera — well behind the camera — at [Hugh’s] audition for the film,” Feige said. “It was his first on-set audition, and he flew up to